The steps of City Hall had the look and feel of a celebratory moment in sports history three decades ago, with banners and bunting again marking an improbable, come-from-behind World Series victory by the New York Mets.
A sparse but enthusiastic crowd of several hundred city workers, tourists and passers-by gathered. And from a small stage set high for the cameras, Mayor Bill de Blasio offered Dwight Gooden — the former Mets pitcher known as Doc, whose battles with drug addiction caused him to miss the original festivities — a chance on Friday to relive the 1986 moment.